GameStop Goes Bitcoin: Is This the Birth of a Main Street Bitcoin Bank?

GameStop (NYSE: GME) just did it.

The once-meme-stock-turned-retail-underdog is now making a bold pivot into the Bitcoin standard, announcing a $1.3 billion fundraising through a private offering of convertible senior notes, with proceeds earmarked - in part - for the acquisition of Bitcoin. This comes just one day after the company updated its investment policy to add Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset.

Let that sink in: GameStop - with over 4,000 retail locations - is not just buying Bitcoin. It may be positioning itself to become Main Street’s first Bitcoin bank.